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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">SNET America, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="Trade_name" title="Trade name">Trade name</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Frontier Long Distance</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category">Holding of <a href="Frontier_Communications" title="Frontier Communications">Frontier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Telecommunications" title="Telecommunications">Telecommunications</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1993</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Southern_New_England_Telecommunications" title="Southern New England Telecommunications">SNET</a> (1993-1998)<br><a href="SBC_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="SBC Communications">SBC/AT&T</a> (1998-2014)<br><a href="Frontier_Communications" title="Frontier Communications">Frontier</a> (2014-present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.frontier.com/">www.frontier.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>SNET America, Inc.</b> is a long-distance telephone company owned by <a href="Frontier_Communications" title="Frontier Communications">Frontier Communications</a> that serves <a href="Connecticut" title="Connecticut">Connecticut</a> with customers in other states. SNET America was formed by <a href="Southern_New_England_Telecommunications" title="Southern New England Telecommunications">Southern New England Telecommunications</a> Corp. in 1993<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to compete with other long-distance carriers within Connecticut. SNET America does business as <b>Frontier Communications</b>. It is distinct from <a href="Frontier_Communications_Online_and_Long_Distance" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontier Communications Online and Long Distance">Frontier Communications Online and Long Distance</a> and Citizens Communications of America, the other core long-distance units of Frontier.

</p><p>SNET America came under the ownership of SBC Communications in 1998. In 2003, SNET America began doing business as <b>SBC Long Distance East</b>. In 2005, when SBC changed its name to <a href="AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a>, SNET America began doing business as <b>AT&T Long Distance East</b>.

</p><p>On December 17, 2013, <a href="AT%26T" title="AT&T">AT&T</a> announced plans to sell SNET America and its companion <a href="Incumbent_local_exchange_carrier" title="Incumbent local exchange carrier">incumbent local exchange carrier</a> <a href="Southern_New_England_Telephone" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern New England Telephone">Southern New England Telephone</a> to <a href="Frontier_Communications" title="Frontier Communications">Frontier Communications</a> for $2 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The sale to Frontier closed on October 25, 2014. SNET America then began doing business as <b>Frontier Long Distance</b>.

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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/att-announces-plans-to-sell-connecticut-wireline-operations-to-frontier-communications-for-20-billion-2013-12-17?reflink=MW_news_stmp">"AT&T Announces Plans to Sell Connecticut Wireline Operations to Frontier Communications for $2.0 Billion"</a>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a href="Citizens_Telecommunications_Company_of_California" title="Citizens Telecommunications Company of California">Citizens Telecommunications Company of California</a></li>

<li><a href="Citizens_Telecommunications_Company_of_Idaho" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho">Citizens Telecommunications Company of Idaho</a></li>

<li>Citizens Telecommunications Company of Illinois</li>

<li>Citizens Telecommunications Company of Minnesota</li>

<li>Citizens Telecommunications Company of Montana</li>

<li>Citizens Telecommunications Company of New York</li>

<li><a href="Citizens_Telecommunications_Company_of_Nebraska" title="Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska">Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nebraska</a></li>

<li>Citizens Telecommunications Company of Nevada</li>

<li>Citizens Telecommunications Company of Oregon</li>

<li>Citizens Telecommunications Company of Tennessee</li>

<li>Citizens Telecommunications Company of the Volunteer State</li>

<li><a href="Citizens_Telecommunications_Company_of_the_White_Mountains" title="Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains">Citizens Telecommunications Company of the White Mountains</a></li>

<li>Citizens Telecommunications of Utah</li>

<li><a href="Citizens_Telecommunications_Company_of_West_Virginia" title="Citizens Telecommunications Company of West Virginia">Citizens Telecommunications Company of West Virginia</a></li>

<li><a href="Citizens_Utilities_Rural" title="Citizens Utilities Rural">Citizens Utilities Rural</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_California" title="Frontier California">Frontier California</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_Communications_of_Breezewood" title="Frontier Communications of Breezewood">Frontier Communications of Breezewood</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_Communications_of_Mondovi" title="Frontier Communications of Mondovi">Frontier Communications of Mondovi</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_Communications_of_the_Carolinas" title="Frontier Communications of the Carolinas">Frontier Communications of the Carolinas</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_Communications_of_the_Southwest" title="Frontier Communications of the Southwest">Frontier Communications of the Southwest</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_Communications_of_Virginia" title="Frontier Communications of Virginia">Frontier Communications of Virginia</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_Florida" title="Frontier Florida">Frontier Florida</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_Midstates" title="Frontier Midstates">Frontier Midstates</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_North" title="Frontier North">Frontier North</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_Southwest" title="Frontier Southwest">Frontier Southwest</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_Telephone_of_Rochester" title="Frontier Telephone of Rochester">Frontier Telephone of Rochester</a></li>

<li><a href="Frontier_West_Virginia" title="Frontier West Virginia">Frontier West Virginia</a></li>

<li><a href="Navajo_Communications" title="Navajo Communications">Navajo Communications</a></li>

<li><a href="Ogden_Telephone" title="Ogden Telephone">Ogden Telephone</a></li>

<li>Rhinelander Telephone</li>

<li><a href="Southern_New_England_Telephone" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern New England Telephone">Southern New England Telephone</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li>Frontier Communications of America</li>

<li><a href="Frontier_Communications_Online_and_Long_Distance" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontier Communications Online and Long Distance">Frontier Communications Online and Long Distance</a></li>

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